THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION PROCESSES

Equipment:

Gasification facility

200 kW thermal input reactor constructed as hybrid cross-/updraft solution with a sliding bed over circular grate.

 PCT Pro (Setaram) device for determination of sorption characteristics of organic samples with high specific surface, derived from thermochemically converged waste materials (biomass/MSW/SRF).

Gasification technology of pilot-scale (around 40kg/h fuel consumption) is capable of reaching good conversion efficiencies with various applied feedstock, such as SRF (fuel from waste), non-woody biomass, plastics etc. One of our research aim is the production of sorbents from problematic materials.

With PCT Pro we are able to test organic and inorganic sorbents for the utilisation in CCUS chain with respect to the selected atmosphere, in chosen environment conditions (t = –100 to 200 °C, p = 0 to 200 bar). The unit is capable of measuring processes of sorption and desorption characteristics in defined volume under critically low conditions in terms of pressure and temperature, giving us an advantage to measure samples in a broad range of utilisation.

The captured CO2 can be applied in our tailored lab-scale synthesis reactor with a fixed catalytic bed with the aim of storing the atmospheric carbon in liquid products. For this purpose, novel Cu-based catalysts with available promoters will be utilised. The general idea is to find appropriate sorbent based on fossil-free carbonaceous structure and utilisation of CO2 in the gas-to-liquid principle.